Phony Benoni Member since Feb-10-06 · Last seen Jun-11-22 Greetings, O Seeker After Knowledge! You have arrived in Dearborn, Michigan (whether you like it or not), and are reading words of wisdom from a player rated 2938--plus or minus 1000 points. However, I've retired from serious play--not that I ever took playing chess all that seriously. You only have to look at my games to see that. These days I pursue the simple pleasures of finding games that are bizarre or just plain funny. I'd rather enjoy a game than analyze it. For the record, my name is David Moody. This probably means nothing to you unless you're a longtime player from Michigan, though it's possible that if you attended any US Opens from 1975-1999 we might have crossed paths. Lucky you. If you know me at all, you'll realize that most of my remarks are meant to be humorous. I do this deliberately, so that if my analysis stinks to High Heaven I can always say that I was just joking. As you can undoubtedly tell from my sparkling wit, I'm a librarian in my spare time. Even worse, I'm a cataloger, which means I keep log books for cattle. Also, I'm not one of those extroverts who sit at the Reference Desk and help you with research. Instead, I spend all day staring at a computer screen updating and maintaining information in the library's catalog. The general public thinks Reference Librarians are dull. Reference Librarians think Catalogers are dull. My greatest achievement in chess, other than tricking you into reading this, was probably mating with king, bishop and knight against king in a tournament game. I have to admit that this happened after an adjournment, and that I booked up like crazy before resuming. By the way, the fact I have had adjourned games shows you I've been around too long. My funniest moment occurred when I finally got a chance to pull off a smothered mate in actual play. You know, 1.Nf7+ Kg8 2.Nh6+ Kh8 3.Qg8+ Rxg8 4.Nf7#. When I played the climactic queen check my opponent looked at the board in shocked disbelief and said, "But that's not mate! I can take the queen!" Finally, I must confess that I once played a positional move, back around 1982. I'll try not to let that happen again.

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Jun-11-22 M Blau vs Keres, 1959    Phony Benoni: Not a good recommendation for the DERLD. Out of 59 moves, White makes only three in Black's half of the board. And two of those conist of 3.Bb5 and 6.Bxc6.      Jun-11-22 chessgames.com chessforum    Phony Benoni: Er, it's back. Karpov vs Timman, 1988      Jun-10-22 Orlo Milo Rolo   Phony Benoni: Marco!      Jun-10-22 Lilienthal vs Bondarevsky, 1947   Phony Benoni: Another one for you King Hunters. Black's monarch travels fron g8 to b8, then takes the Great Circle Route back to h3 before calling it a day.      Jun-10-22 GrahamClayton chessforum    Phony Benoni: <GrahamClayton> I've posted a question for you at L T Magee vs J Holland, 1948      Jun-10-22 L T Magee vs E L Holland, 1948    Phony Benoni: <GrahamClayton> The source you cite, <Chess Review, May 1948, p. 24>, gives Black's name as <E Holland> "Chess Life" (June 5, 1948, p. 1) has a table of results giving <E L Holland>. That form also appears in USCF rating supplements for a player fro ...      Jun-09-22 Biographer Bistro    Phony Benoni: SkinnVer Here Among the Fold?      Jun-09-22 Flohr vs Bondarevsky, 1947    Phony Benoni: Black's bishop makes me think of Godzilla emerging from the depths of the ocean to wreak havoc. However, in the end it's his Two Little Friends who steal the show. Well, maybe not so litt.      Jun-06-22 W Ritson-Morry vs G T Crown, 1947   Phony Benoni: it was the last round. Rison-Morry was mired in last place. These things happen.      Jun-06-22 W Adams vs M Kagan, 1947   Phony Benoni: Some more informztion. The game was published in <Chess Review>, March 1948, p. 23. Black's name is given as "M Kagan", and the location as "Massachusetts". There is no other game data, but I think we can now safely assume Black is <Milton Kagan>. Earlier in the ...

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< Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 4 OF 914 ·  Later Kibitzing> Sep-04-06    Phony Benoni: By the way, <squaredance> recommends that we use FILLER! messages after all our communications in this channel, so that our musings don't accidentally wind up on the New Kibitzing page. Sep-04-06    suenteus po 147: <Phony Benoni> & <square dance> I think 1.e4 is a great way to start! We face a lot of possibilities such as Alekhine's Defense, for example, but I used to be a heavy Alekhine's player as black back in the day. I'm guessing they will not go with something that risky, though. Our real concerns will be something solid like the Caro-Kann or Ruy Lopez, or the potentially sharp Sicilian. I have faced the Caro-Kann and Ruy Lopez before, so I feel very comfortable in long drawn out battles there. If we face a Sicilian though (which I often try to avoid) I will defer to the judgment of you gentlemen until we get into more comfortable territory. My vote is also for 1.e4! Sep-04-06    suenteus po 147: This is <filler>! Sep-04-06    WannaBe: <suenteus po 147: This is <filler>!> Reminds me of that old commercial... Less Filling! Tastes Great! Less Filling! Tastes Great! Sep-04-06    Chess Classics: <Phony Benoni> Hey mate. Just reminding you that the correspondence tournament starts tomorrow. Your pairings are on my forum. Regards, CC Sep-04-06    Phony Benoni: *****IMPORTANT NOTICE***** I am currently participating in a consultation match (see <brankat> for details), and the team I am on will be using this forum to analyze. Please do not kibitz or make any comments on the game in progress here. <swapmeet>'s forum is available for those of you who feel compelled to laugh at our silly efforts. Thank you for your cooperation. Sep-04-06    square dance: ok, so then the first move is decided upon. sounds good to me. Sep-04-06    square dance: filler...change starscream's head sculpt. Sep-04-06    brankat: <PB> 5:00 PM EST, just announced the game in the Cafe. I dont expect an avalanche, but people will come. Don't worry. You don't need to hire neither security nor bodyguards. The viewers will NOT comment here, just follow discussions. Even if an odd general comment is made, which did happen in the last game, it doesn't hurt. Makes for more fun. Afterall, Your adversaries are NOT allowed to come here anyway. Good luck. Sep-04-06    square dance: ok guys, since we all agree about the opening move im going to go ahead and post it sometime tomorrow. probably around lunchtime. Sep-04-06    square dance: *megatron looks like the love child of predator and the terminator* Sep-05-06    brankat: <sq> The love child of Isolated Pawns and Northern Knights will look much prettier :-) Sep-05-06    suenteus po 147: <Phony Benoni> & <square dance> Since we already know what our move is going to be, I think it wouldn't hurt to discuss general strategy according to the most likely response we could face. It has already been brought up that with <agntrgnt> on the team, an Alekhine's Defense is a likely outcome. If this is the case, I has some good examples for us to look at to plan our strategy, including a game I managed to draw against <agntrgnt> in correspondence! :D A Sicilian is also highly likely as this was played in the last consultation game and is a fact of life for 1.e4 players in general. If so, I would be curious to know which types of Sicilians we could steer the game to with some expectation of success. Are we all Najdorf players or are there other variations we can work towards? For a more solid response, Ruy Lopez or Caro-Kann or French, I favor an aggressive and sharp approach. Something with plenty of tactical opportunities and uneven positions. This assumes first of all that we would play 2.Nf3 after 1...e5. Perhaps we would entertain a King's Gambit or Center Game? Anyway, considering the more prophylactic nature of our opponents, I think heavy tactics and strong offense at the beginning is what's needed by us. Sep-05-06    suenteus po 147: And now...Dyllis Philler! Sep-05-06    brankat: <IPs> Are You guys still in one of North American time zones? ;-) Sep-05-06    brankat: <IPs>> Since I can follow both teams' discussions, it will be a torment for me to watch the game :-) Sep-05-06    suenteus po 147: <Phony Benoni> & <square dance> Well, well, well. The Caro-Kann! It seems a solid defense awaits us to mount our attack against. We have several options after the almost reflexive 2.d4: The Advance Variation, which springs from Caro-Kann Defense (B12), Caro-Kann, Panov-Botvinnik Attack (B14), and variations resulting from Caro-Kann (B15) with the knight on c3. I have not played Fischer's favorite version: Caro-Kann, Two Knights, 3...Bg4 (B11) but it does have the benefit of opening things up quickly if we could swing it. I have the most experience with C15 as white, but only succeed when I can get a classical set-up. My knowledge of the Caro-Kann is much more extensive from the black side and I will have plenty of games and variations to offer once the opening is more defined. Where do the rest of you sit on this? Sep-05-06    suenteus po 147: Filler up! Sep-05-06    square dance: my natural inclination is 2.d4, of course. lets get this confirmed and i will post the move tomorrow. im in no hurry to play a bunch of moves today as <hesam7> suggests. i'd like to get acquainted with the CK first. Sep-05-06    square dance: filler Sep-05-06    Phony Benoni: I've played 2.d3 and gone for a King's Indian Attack formation, but that's not as good against the Caro-Kann as against the French. So I vote for 2.d4 as well. Let's wait to see if they play 2...d5 before deciding what to do next. After all, they might try and cross us up with an early ...g6. Sep-05-06    Phony Benoni: Fillerdelphia. Sep-05-06    suenteus po 147: <Phony Benoni> & <square dance> Then it looks like we're in agreement. 2.d4 it is! This still gives us plenty of options within the Caro-Kann. The only reason to play anything other than 2.d4 is to go into a super-prepared variation, and frankly I don't have one :) And I doubt they will play something other than 2...d5 so I will digging up games that I think will help guide our continuation. Sep-05-06    suenteus po 147: Filler's Crossing Sep-06-06    brankat: <Phony Benoni>A reminder: 1:15 PM EST, Tick,tick, tick..till 5:00 PM :-) Jump to page #   (enter # from 1 to 914) search thread:    < Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 4 OF 914 ·  Later Kibitzing>

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